Two judges, one in Boston and the other in Providence, told the Trump administration to keep serving up SNAP.

That means 1 million people who rely on food stamps in Massachusetts, and 40-plus million nationwide, won’t have their benefits run out today.

Friday’s decisions follow the lawsuit 25 Democratic-controlled states — including Massachusetts — filed this week in Boston federal court after the USDA agriculture agency warned that “the well has run dry” for SNAP benefits. The two judges ruled the government must use emergency reserve funds to fund the program.

This all comes as the government shutdown hits 31 days today.

The SNAP benefits, which average around $187 a month per recipient, cost the federal government about $8 billion to provide each month, the New York Times reports.

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